UM-Dearborn faculty and staff are encouraged to seek external grant and sponsored program support of their research, scholarship, curriculum development, and public service activities. The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs assists faculty and staff to:
find potential funding sources
obtain and interpret grant guidelines
prepare a sound, defensible budget
develop the grant proposal
complete sponsor and University forms
obtain University approval for external grant proposals
work with the Ann Arbor administrative offices to process a grant award